Method for controlling the temperature of a vehicle with at least a partial electric drive, vehicle and charging station

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9308911-B2
Application number	US-201214359024-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 17, 2012
Priority date	Nov 17, 2011
Publication date	Apr 12, 2016
Grant date	Apr 12, 2016

Abstract

A method for controlling the temperature of a vehicle with at least a partial electric drive while the vehicle is connected to a charging station includes setting up a data link for bidirectional communication between the vehicle and charging station. Vehicle-side data is acquired with vehicle-side means for acquiring data, and charging-station-side data is acquired with charging-station-side means for acquiring data. Optimum temperature control parameters of the battery and passenger cell are determined using a logic by processing the acquired vehicle-side and charging-station-side data. The temperature control of the battery and of the passenger compartment of the vehicle is carried out with temperature control means. A motor vehicle and a charging station carry out the method.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for controlling the temperature of a vehicle with at least a partially electric drive while the vehicle is connected to a charging station, comprising:
setting up a data link configured for bidirectional communication between the vehicle and the charging station;
acquiring vehicle-side data with a vehicle-side device configured to acquire data and acquiring charging-station-side data with a charging-station-side device configured to acquire data;
predicting a usage of a temperature control device of the vehicle during a next trip of the vehicle based on the acquired vehicle-side data and the acquired charging-side data;
determining optimum temperatures for a battery of the vehicle and for a passenger compartment of the vehicle with a logic device based on the predicted usage of the temperature control device, the optimum temperatures being such that an energy usage of the temperature control device during the next trip is minimized; and
operating the temperature control device to pre-set temperatures of the battery and of the passenger compartment to the optimum temperatures for the battery and for the passenger compartment before the next trip.

2. The method for controlling the temperature as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
pre-setting the temperature control device to control the temperature of the passenger compartment during the next trip.

3. The method for controlling the temperature as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the vehicle-side data comprise at least one of:
current temperature of the passenger compartment and of the battery,
current state of charge of the battery,
currently selected desired temperature of the passenger compartment,
data on the travel habits and comfort habits,
detection of unusual events,
destination or next charging station,
preferred charging station,
outside temperature,
detecting whether persons are located in the vehicle during the charging process, and
temperature and weather at the destination at the arrival time and during the course of the journey.

4. The method for controlling the temperature as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the charging-station-side data comprise at least one of:
ambient temperature of the charging station,
outside temperature and weather parameters at the location,
temperature and weather at the destination at the arrival time and during the course of the journey,
length of the distance to be traveled and selection of route, and
selected charging process.

5. The method for controlling the temperature as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
operating the temperature control device to control a temperature of a latent heat accumulator.

6. The method for controlling the temperature as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the operating of the temperature control device is carried out during a charging process of the battery.

7. The method for controlling the temperature as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the operating of the temperature control device is carried out at least partially after a charging process of the battery.

8. The method for controlling the temperature as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the battery is a lithium-ion battery.

9. A vehicle comprising:
an electric drive;
a battery configured to power the electric drive;
a passenger compartment;
a temperature control device configured to control a temperature of the battery and of the passenger compartment; and
a controller configured to, while the vehicle is connected to a charging station:
set up a data link configured for bidirectional communication between the vehicle and the charging station;
acquire vehicle-side data with a vehicle-side device configured to acquire data and acquire charging-station-side data with a charging-station-side device configured to acquire data;
predict a usage of the temperature control device of the vehicle during a next trip of the vehicle based on the acquired vehicle-side data and the acquired charging-side data;
determine optimum temperatures for the battery and for the passenger compartment based on the predicted usage of the temperature control device, the optimum temperatures being such that an energy usage of the temperature control device during the next trip is minimized; and
operate the temperature control device to pre-set temperatures of the battery and of the passenger compartment to the optimum temperatures for the battery and for the passenger compartment before the next trip.

10. A charging station for charging a vehicle having at least a partially electric drive, the charging station comprising:
a controller configured to, while the vehicle is connected to the charging station:
set up a data link configured for bidirectional communication between the vehicle and the charging station;
acquire vehicle-side data with a vehicle-side device configured to acquire data and acquire charging-station-side data with a charging-station-side device configured to acquire data;
predict a usage of a temperature control device of the vehicle during a next trip of the vehicle based on the acquired vehicle-side data and the acquired charging-side data;
determine optimum temperatures for a battery of the vehicle and for a passenger compartment of the vehicle with a logic device based on the predicted usage of the temperature control device, the optimum temperatures being such that an energy usage of the temperature control device during the next trip is minimized; and

operate the temperature control device to pre-set temperatures of the battery and of the passenger compartment to the optimum temperatures for the battery and for the passenger compartment before the next trip.

Assignees

• Bosch Gmbh Robert
• Samsung Sdi Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kohlberger Markus
• Biedert Johannes

Classifications

• B60L58/24

  for controlling the temperature of batteries · CPC title

• B60L2240/662

  Temperature · CPC title

• B60W2510/246

  Temperature · CPC title

• B60L2250/12

  by confirmation, e.g. of the input · CPC title

• B60L2260/56

  Temperature prediction, e.g. for pre-cooling · CPC title